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Silvaner from Franconia and Rheingau Riesling best wines in Sweden

The leading Swedish wine magazine "Allt om Vin" has chosen two German wines as best of 2015: From 4000 wines which are available on the Swedish market, the jury chose a Sylvaner from Franconia at number 1 and a Rheingau Riesling place 2 in the category "Dry White Wines".

Vintage 2015 has Winegrowers Smiling

As the 2015 harvest drew to a close, winegrowers were already singing unusually effusive words of praise. A survey by the German Wine Institute (DWI) found that all German growing regions are reporting top quality yields.

Pinot Noir from Germany on WineEnthusiast's ultimate list

This year, Wine Enthusiast’s tasting panel reviewed more than 19.800 wines from around the globe spanning Old World and New World wine regions alike. Edeltraud und Hanspeter Ziereisen reached 11th place with a 2010 Pinot Noir from Germany's southwestern region of "Baden".

Top seller: Mulled wine from Germany

More and more winelovers worldwide fancy high quality mulled wine from Germany. A growing number of producers create this hot drink with white as well as red wines. It is produced by individual vintners as well as cellars and available in many supermarkets.

Wine Market in Germany: Online Share set to Rise

The online share of wine sales has been on a constant increase. Along with books, wine was one of the first items to be sold online. Wine was already a player in the dotcom era around the year 2000. Also ProWein, the leading trade fair for wine and spirits held in Dusseldorf, Germany is registering more and more trade visitors in this segment.

Josefine Schlumberger is Germany's 67th wine queen

Josefine Schlumberger (21) from Laufen in the Baden region was elected 67th German wine queen. She will be supported by Katharina Fladung from the wine growing Rheingau-region as well as Caroline Guthier from the region of Hessische Bergstraße, both German wine princesses.

Optimism with regard to the 2015 vintage in Germany

During the last couple of days, most of Germany's wine-growing areas started their major grape harvest for the wine production of such grape varieties as Müller-Thurgau, Sauvignon Blanc, or the white Pinot varieties.

Germany Celebrates 3 New Masters of Wine

Romana Echensperger, Konstantin Baum and Janek Schumann have now joined the esteemed ranks of Germany's Masters of Wine. Germany now boasts 8 wine experts holding the coveted title, considered by many the most difficult and most demanding academic distinction in the wine world.

German Wine Queen Website Revamped with Stronger Visual Approach

Ahead of the vote on 25 September for the 67th German Wine Queen, the Deutsches Weininstitut (DWI) has given its deutscheweinkoenigin.de website a full redesign. The new site bundles all relevant information about the position, its duties, the wine 'kingdoms' and the vote itself into a bright and highly visual package.

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